With the Ducks holding a 3-2 series edge on San Jose, it's human nature to wonder how a Ducks-Detroit semifinal series would unfold.

Beat writer Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press likes Detroit in six games in that matchup. The Red Wings are deeper offensively, she writes, and Ducks rookie goaltender Jonas Hiller would not be as formidable as Vancouver's Roberto Luongo.

The Red Wings took three of four regular season games against the Ducks, but the Ducks might have a psychological edge, having eliminated Detroit in the past two postseason meetings in 2007 and 2003 (The Red Wings swept the Ducks in 1999 and 1997).

The Ducks are also 4-1 at Joe Louis Arena in the past five postseason games.

Such a second-round series, which seems bloody likely at 12:39 AM, as the Ducks lead San Jose 3-1, offers a straight-forward match-up--the Wings have more forward depth, the Ducks are big and mean, and neither team, nor fan base, likes each other.